Australian Tourist Trophy

Australian Tourist Trophy
Mount Panorama Circuit
Race information
Number of times held	27
First held	1956
Most wins (drivers)	Frank Matich (4)
Most wins (constructors)	Lotus (4); Porsche (4)
Circuit length	6.172 km (3.835 miles)
Laps	12 Hours

The Australian Tourist Trophy is a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport-sanctioned national motor racing title, contested between 1956 and 1979 by Sports Cars and, since 2007, by GT cars. The trophy is currently awarded to the outright winners of the Bathurst 12 Hour.^[1]

History

The title was awarded for the first time in 1956 and then annually from 1958 until the introduction by CAMS of an Australian Sports Car Championship for 1969. It was reinstituted in 1975, restricted for the first time to Production Sports Cars and contested over two heats rather than as a single race.^[2] In 1976, with the Production Sports Car class now contesting the Australian Sports Car Championship, the Australian Tourist Trophy once again became a contest for purpose built Group A Sports Cars until it was discontinued after the 1979 event.^[3]

After almost thirty years, the ATT title was again revived with the award going to the winner of the Sandown GT Classic in both 2007^[4] and 2008. From 2009 until 2015 the Trophy was awarded to the driver accumulating the most outright championship points at specified rounds of the annual Australian GT Championship.

From 2017, the Australian Tourist Trophy has been awarded to the winners of the annual Bathurst 12 Hour event.^[1]

Winners

The Matich SR3 of Frank Matich, winner of the 1967 and 1968 ATTs.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 of 2010 ATT winner David Wall, pictured at the opening round of the 2010 Australian GT Championship.

The Audi R8 LMS of 2011 ATT winner Mark Eddy, pictured at the opening round of the 2011 Australian GT Championship.

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG of 2012 ATT winner Peter Hackett, pictured at the opening round of the 2012 Australian GT Championship.

The Audi R8 Ultra of 2015 ATT winner Christopher Mies, pictured at the opening round of the 2015 Australian GT Championship.

Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor were awarded the 2018 ATT for their victory in the 2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour driving an Audi R8 LMS.

Year^[3]	Winner	Car	Circuit	Date
1956	Stirling Moss	Maserati 300S	Albert Park	25 November^[5]
1957	Event cancelled^[6]
1958	David McKay	Aston Martin DB3S	Bathurst	5 October^[7]
1959	Ron Phillips	Cooper T38 Jaguar	Lowood	14 June^[8]
1960	Derek Jolly	Lotus 15 Coventry Climax	Longford	7 March^[9]
1961	Bib Stillwell	Cooper Monaco Coventry Climax	Bathurst	1 October^[10]
1962	Bib Stillwell	Cooper Monaco Coventry Climax	Mallala	28 December^[11]
1963	Ian Geoghegan	Lotus 23	Lowood	9 June^[12]
1964	Frank Matich	Lotus 19b Coventry Climax	Longford	29 February^[13]
1965	Ian Geoghegan	Lotus 23 Ford	Lakeside	14 November^[14]
1966	Frank Matich	Elfin 400 Traco Oldsmobile	Longford	7 March^[15]
1967	Frank Matich	Matich SR3 Oldsmobile	Surfers Paradise	21 May^[16]
1968	Frank Matich	Matich SR3 Repco	Mallala	29 January^[17]
1969 - 1974	not awarded
1975	Peter Warren	Bolwell Nagari	Calder	May^[18]
1976	Stuart Kostera	Elfin MS7 Repco Holden	Phillip Island	21 November^[19]
1977	Ian Geoghegan	Porsche 935	Phillip Island	13 November^[20]
1978	Greg Doidge	Elfin 360 Repco	Calder	3 December^[21]
1979	Paul Gibson	Rennmax Repco	Winton	28 October^[22]
1980 - 2006	not awarded
2007	Allan Simonsen Tim Leahey^[23]	Ferrari 430	Sandown	9 December
2008	Nick O’Halloran Allan Simonsen^[23]	Ferrari 430 GT	Sandown	28–30 November^[24]
2009	David Wall^[23]	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997^[3]	Phillip Island & Eastern Creek	16–17 May & 18–19 July^[3]
2010	David Wall^[23]	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997^[3]		29–30 May & 11 July^[25]
2011	Mark Eddy^[26]	Audi R8 LMS		28–29 May & 2–4 September^[27]^[28]
2012	Peter Hackett^[28]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3^[28]		25–27 May & 13–15 July^[29]
2013	not awarded^[3]
2014	Richard Muscat	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Phillip Island & Highlands Motorsport Park	23–25 May & 8–9 November
2015	Christopher Mies	Audi R8 Ultra	Phillip Island & Sydney Motorsport Park^[30]	22–23 May & 21–23 August
2016	not awarded
2017	Craig Lowndes Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup	Ferrari 488 GT3	Bathurst	5 February
2018	Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor^[31]	Audi R8 LMS GT3		4 February
2019	Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner^[32]	Porsche 911 GT3 R		3 February
2020	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3		2 February
2021	not held due COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Jules Gounon Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Bathurst	15 May
2023	Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Bathurst	5 February

Multiple winners

By driver

Wins	Driver	Years
4	Frank Matich	1964, 1966, 1967, 1968
3	Ian Geoghegan	1963, 1965, 1977
2	Bib Stillwell	1961, 1962
	Allan Simonsen	2007, 2008
	David Wall	2009, 2010
	Jules Gounon	2020, 2022

By constructor

Wins	Driver
4	Lotus
4	Porsche
3	Cooper
	Elfin
	Ferrari
	Audi
	Mercedes-Benz
2	Matich

References

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